(This post was initially published on Business Insider) Inspired by Harvard Business Review’s 2-Minute Opportunity Checklist for Entrepreneurs, I decided to create the 2-Minute Opportunity Checklist for iPhone Entrepreneurs.  Making an iPhone app might be a smaller task than building an entire technology business, but the same fundamentals rules still apply: you need a solid product, a market [...]

One way to compare how different mobile platforms are doing is to look at the usage numbers from a popular app. Facebook reports their usage numbers alongside other apps (see here here here & here).  I went and graphed the usage figures a few weeks ago and present them below [no guarantee they're 100% up-to-date...in fact it looks like the Android and [...]

Everyone loves an underdog.  In the mobile world that underdog is named Android. AdMob’s latest mobile metrics report, released today, has already caused the press to make grandiose statements like “Watch Out iPhone, Android Use Is on the Rise” and “Android Passes iPhone In US Traffic.” But let’s look at the numbers to make sure we’ve got the [...]

A few months back I had the pleasure of traveling to Austin for the first time.  I’ve travelled a lot and exploring a new city has become second nature to me.  And of course as a Tech Geek I take full advantage of the latest web and mobile technologies.  So I thought I’d share my [...]

(This is the second in a two part post.  You should probably start at part one which contains a framework for thought.  Part two contains recommendations and my philosophy for first-time entrepreneurship). The most basic principle of business is that profit is revenue minus costs.  Try considering all fixed costs as a rate — especially [...]